Professor Campbell said: “I have been involved with the Museum since its inception, and have been privileged to lead on academic scrutiny of the History Floor and to contribute to the Impact and Story floors. My aim has been to ensure scholarly integrity, and to help to lift the Museum above the political, ethnic and confessional fissures in American society to create an atmosphere in which everyone feels welcome. Ours is a museum, not a faith enterprise, so we seek to engage, not proselytise.”

The 430,000-square-foot museum is located three blocks from the U.S. Capitol and will be dedicated on 17 November.